JANE AUSTEN: IN HER WORLD AND OURS
NOTE: There is NO mid-term exam in this course.
HONORS STUDENTS: Those who take this course for Honors will have an extra assignment to be devised and agreed between student and teacher by the third week of class.
MOODLE COURSE: Please consult the Moodle for a more detailed syllabus, extra resources, and all assignments.
WEEK 1
Tues. August 30
Introduction to course and its requirements: Who was Jane Austen and who is she now?
Thurs. Sept. 1
Read Lady Susan and selections from the Juvenilia on the website, particularly those writings Austen compiled in Volumes 1, 2 and 3:
http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/juviscrp.html
WEEK 2
Tues. Sept. 6 Playing with the gothic novel and the novel of sensibility
Read: Chapters 1-10 of Northanger Abbey
Appendix C: Examples of Jane Austen's reading
Appendix D: Catherine Morland's reading
Thursday Sept. 8
Read: Chapters 11-20 Northanger Abbey
WEEK 3
Tues. Sept. 13
Read: Chapters 21 to end Northanger Abbey
Thurs. Sept. 15
Read: Volume I of Sense and Sensibility
Appendix B: Sensibility
WEEK 4 Make-up class this Friday
Tues. Sept. 20
Read: Volume II of Sense and Sensibility
Thurs. Sept. 22
Read: Volume III of Sense and Sensibility
Fri. Sept. 23 (Make-up day for Tuesday, Nov. 1)
View DVD Sense and Sensibility in library
SEMINAR Group 1 Critique of film version of the novel:
WEEK 5 First essay due this week
Tues. Sept. 27
Read: Volume I of Pride and Prejudice
Appendix B: From the Conduct Books
Appendix C: Burke on the French Revolution
Appendix D: Discussion of Women’s Role after the French Revolution
Thurs. Sept. 29 First essay due
Read: Volume II of Pride and Prejudice
WEEK 6
Tues. Oct. 4
Read: Volume III of Pride and Prejudice
Thurs. Oct. 6
Pride and Prejudice
WEEK 7
Tues. Oct. 11
View DVD Pride and Prejudice in library for today's class.
SEMINAR Group 2: Critique of film version of the novel.
Thurs. Oct. 14
Read: Volume 1 of Mansfield Park
Appendix A: The Theatricals at Mansfield Park
Appendix B: Religion
WEEK 8
Tues. Oct. 18
Read: Volume 2 of Mansfield Park
Appendix C: Ideals of Femininity
Appendix F: A Woman’s Education
Appendix D: “The Improvement of the Estate”
Thurs. Oct. 20
Read: Volume 3 Mansfield Park
Appendix E: The West Indian Connection
WEEK 9 Second essay due this week and Make-up day on Friday
Tues. Oct. 25 Essay due today
Read: Volume 3 Mansfield Park
Thurs. Oct. 27
Seminar 3: Critique of film version of Mansfield Park
Friday Oct. 28 (Make-up day for Thursday, Nov. 24)
Read: Volume I of Emma
Appendix A: The Composition and Reception of the Novel
Appendix B: Social Class and Landed Society
Appendix C: The Landless: Gypsies and Bastards
WEEK 10
Tues. Nov. 1 No class
Thurs. Nov. 3
Read: Volume II of Emma
WEEK 11
Tues. Nov. 8
Read: Volume III Emma
Thurs. Nov. 10
Read: To the end of Emma
WEEK 12
Tues. Nov. 15
View DVD’s of Emma and Clueless in library
SEMINAR Group 4: Critique of film versions of the novel.
Emma:
Clueless:
Thurs. Nov. 17
Read: Volume I Persuasion
Appendix G From Thomson’s The Seasons
Appendix H From Walter Scott’s Marmion
Appendix I From Byron’s “The Gaiour”
WEEK 13
Tues. Nov. 22
Read: Volume 2 of Persuasion
Thurs. Nov. 24 No class - Thanksgiving holiday
WEEK 14 Third essay due this week
Tues. Nov. 29 Essay due today
Read: Volume 3 Persuasion
Thurs. Dec. 1
SEMINAR Group 5: Critique of film version of the novel:
FINAL EXAMS December 3-9